Exploring the climate change, migration and conflict nexus

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Burrows, Kate ^a   Kinney, Patrick L ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conflict; Migration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; MIGRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRIVER; CLIMATE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; REFUGEE; WARFARE;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; REFUGEES; WARFARE;

EID: 84964292364     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13040443     Document Type: Review

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